2024 Taiwan Football Premier League Explained

Competition:Taiwan Football Premier League
Season:2024
Dates:14 April – 8 December
Winners:Tainan City TSG
Relegated:Jensen Vikings
Continentalcup1:Challenge League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Tainan City TSG
Matches:60
Total Goals:183
League Topscorer:Li Mao
(9 goals)
Biggest Home Win:
(30 June 2024)
Biggest Away Win:
(4 August 2024)

(14 September 2024)
Highest Scoring:
(4 August 2024)
Longest Wins:Futuro
Tainan City TSG
(6 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:Futuro
Tainan City TSG
(11 matches)
Longest Winless:Jensen Vikings
(15 matches)
Longest Losses:Jensen Vikings
(7 matches)
Highest Attendance:667

(5 May 2024)
Lowest Attendance:78

(23 June 2024)
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025
Updated:26 August 2024

The 2024 Taiwan Football Premier League is the eighth season of Taiwan Football Premier League, the top-flight association football competition in Taiwan under its current format. The season began on 14 April 2024 and scheduled to finish on 8 December 2024.

Teams

Promotions and relegations

There are 8 teams in the league, including 7 teams from the 2023 season and 1 team promoted from the 2023 second division.

Teams relegated to the second division

Taipei Dragons was the only team relegated after finishing last place in the previous season, ending their one year stay in the top tier. Taipei Dragons was renamed to Taipei Elite SC in 2024.

Teams promoted from the second division

Vikings–PlayOne, the champions of the second division in 2023 earned automatic promotion and was the only team promoted after Inter Taoyuan had lost 2–3 to Ming Chuan University in the promotion/relegation playoffs. Vikings–PlayOne was renamed to Jensen Vikings in 2024.

Teams and locations

! Team! Chinese! Based in! Seasons in TFPL! First season in TFPL
FuturoFuturoTaichung City62019
Leopard Cat臺灣石虎Taipei City82017
Ming Chuan University銘傳大學Taoyuan City62017
New Taipei Hang Yuen新北航源New Taipei City82017
Sunny Bank AC Taipei陽信北競Taipei City32022
Tainan City TSG南市台鋼Tainan City82017
Jensen Vikings臺北VikingsTaipei City12024
Taipower台灣電力Kaohsiung City82017

Venues

Taiwan Football Premier League teams currently don't play all their home games in a specific home ground. Some venues may hold more than one different matchups in a single matchday.

StadiumChineseLocationCapacity
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium輔仁大學足球場New Taipei City3,000
Kaohsiung Nanzih Football Stadium高雄市立楠梓足球場Kaohsiung City1,200
Ming Chuan University Taoyuan Campus銘傳大學龜山校區Taoyuan City5,000
National Taipei University國立臺北大學New Taipei City300
Tainan Municipal Football Field臺南市立足球場Tainan City2,000
Taipei Municipal Stadium臺北田徑場Taipei City20,000
Taiyuan Football Field太原足球場Taichung City600
Yilan Sports Park Multipurpose Stadium宜蘭運動公園複合式運動場Yilan County15,000

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerMain kit sponsor
Futuro Fang Ching-ren Chen Ting-yangJomaHota-Gear
Leopard Cat Chiang Mu-tsai Nichodemus MalikaMIE
Ming Chuan University Tseng Tai-lin Matias Godoy
New Taipei Hang Yuen Hung Chin-hwai Huang Yung-chunTor Star
Sunny Bank AC Taipei Chen Sing-an Yugo IchiyanagiUcanSunny Bank
Tainan City TSG Raphaël Blanchon Wu Chun-chingKelmeTaiwan Steel Group
Jensen Vikings Hao Yuan-shuo Yu Chun-hsiangJoma
Taipower Huang Che-ming Chen Chao-anMIETaipower

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of
departure
Date of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of
appointment
Futuro Jun HirabayashiSigned by Hanoi23 January 2024Pre-season Fang Ching-ren23 January 2024
Tainan City TSG Lo Chih-tsungResigned12 March 2024 Raphaël Blanchon12 March 2024
Jensen Vikings Oliver HarleyMutual consent5 May 20247th Hao Yuan-shuo5 May 2024

League table

Results

Promotion/relegation playoffs

Ming Chuan University, finishing 7th in 2023 TPBL season, was required to play in the promotion/relegation playoffs. Land Home NTUS finished 2nd in 2023 second division and was expected to play in the playoffs. However, Inter Taoyuan, finishing 3rd in 2023 second division took over the opportunity due to the Land Home NTUS failed to qualify the CTFA club licensing, which is required for playing in the Taiwan Football Premier League.[1]

Regular season

Each team plays a total of 21 games, playing the other teams three times.

Statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Li MaoFuturo9
2 Gao Wei-jieTaipower8
3 Benchy EstamaNew Taipei Hang Yuen7
Matias GodoyMing Chuan University
5 Maurício CortésTainan City TSG6
6 Chen Jui-chiehTainan City TSG5
Kaoru TakayamaFuturo
Jun UchidaSunny Bank AC Taipei
Naoyuki YamazakiLeopard Cat
10 Chen Po-haoLeopard Cat4
Cheng HaoFuturo
Yamato KumagaiMing Chuan University
Wu Yu-fanTaipower
Shohei YokoyamaFuturo

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstScoreDateRound
Jun UchidaSunny Bank AC TaipeiMing Chuan University5–0 (H)30 June 202410
ToninhoTainan City TSGLeopard Cat5–0 (A)14 September 202415

Clean Sheets

RankPlayerClubShutouts
1 Kenya MatsuiFuturo7
Pan Wen-chiehTainan City TSG
3 Huang Chiu-linTaipower3
Odo JacobsNew Taipei Hang Yuen
5 Chang Po-fengNew Taipei Hang Yuen2
Kenshin KatataSunny Bank AC Taipei
Tuan YuFuturo
Wang Po-hanLeopard Cat
9 Chang Hsiang-chunTaipower1
Chen Yu-chenTaipei Vikings
Huang Hao-kaiMing Chuan University
Shih Hsin-anLeopard Cat
Tuan HsuanSunny Bank AC Taipei
Wang Huai-chihMing Chuan University

Discipline

Player

Team

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. 2024台灣企業甲級足球聯賽升降賽 銘傳大學游耀興準絕殺3:2擊退桃園國際保級成功 . . 27 December 2023 . 24 August 2024 .